1)What were the most important economic, scientific, and technological changes of the 1950s and 60s? What were the results of these changes?
2)Identify and analyze the key social changes of the 1950s and 60s.
3) To what extent was America two different societies in the 1950s and 60s?
4) To what extent should we call Dwight Eisenhower a centrist?
5) In what ways did the Cold War manifest itself in Vietnam, Israel, Egypt, Cuba, Hungary, and the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower years?
Chapter 31 Questions
1) What were the key elements of JFK’s New Frontier and LBJ’s Great Society?
2) For what reasons and in what ways did the Civil Rights Movement change in the mid to late 1960s?
3) Describe the changing Cold War approaches under Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy.
4) Describe the national political landscape of the late 1960s, especially the election of 1968. Make sure to include the names Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace.
Vietnam War Quotes
“The failure of Vietnam was the result of the arrogance of America’s leaders.” – David Halberstrom
“The Vietnam War may have been the most moral, most selfless war in all of American history.”– Ernest May
“Vietnam was the most disastrous of all America’s undertakings over the whole two hundred years of its history.”–George Kennan
“Vietnam was the inevitable consequence of the need to prevent the expansion of communism.”– Leslie Gelb
Chapter 32 Questions bullet or venn diagram - 1) Define the New Left and the counterculture. Describe the reasons for the rise of each and how they were related.
bullet - 2) In the 1960s, what efforts were being made by Native Americans and Hispanics to achieve greater civil rights? How successful were these efforts?
paragraph - 3) What is cultural pluralism and how did the Gay Liberation Movement expand on this notion?
paragraph - 4) To what extent were the “new feminism” and women’s liberation movement successful?
Chapter 33 Questions 1) What is Reaganomics? Did it work during the 1980s? Should it be followed today?
2) To what extent did President Ronald Reagan fulfill the promise of his landslide election victories and the expectations of all those who voted for him?
3) What were the key events of the end of the Cold War?
4) What were the keys to the presidential victories of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton? Period 3
Mr. Max – AP US History – 2012-12 - Unit V Syllabus – Chapters 30-33 – Topics 24-28 Major Topics: the 1950s, The Cold War continues, The Civil Rights Mov’t, Political Crisis, The Reagan Years
Tuesday January 24 – 45 mins HW due: 2-col notes p.789, Read p.790-798 (stop at People of Plenty) CW: Return midterms, Review HW, Preview rest of C30 and Cs31-33 HW: Read p.798-807 (stop at The “Other America”)
Wednesday January 25 – 45 mins CW: Review HW, PPC p.804-5 & comparisons to today, discussion of Pop Culture in general HW: Read p.807-812 (stop at Eisenhower Republicanism)
Thursday January 26 CW: Review HW, Civil Rights Movement research and previewing HW: Read p.812-817, C30 Top Ten KTs
Friday January 27 CW: Review HW – esp. Eisenhower economic, political, foreign philosophies, begin C30 Qs HW: Finish C30 Qs, 2-col notes p.821, Take all Vietnam War entries from p.820-1 timeline into notes (type this up, please)
Monday January 30 CW: Review HW, preview C31, add to timeline from p.850-1 timeline (start of C32), analyze this makeshift timeline to get a feel for the Vietnam War HW: Read p.822-832 (stop at “Flexible Response and the Cold War)
Tuesday January 31 CW: Review HW, JFK & LBJ videos, key characteristics & programs, similarities & differences HW: Read p.832-838 (stop at From Aid to Intervention), WHD p.836-7 (do not add your opinion yet)
Wednesday February 1 – Lunch Block CW: Review HW, Cold War/Vietnam War video(s), V-War image & quote research HW: Read p.838-848
Thursday February 2 – 45 mins CW: Vietnam War Timeline work – add to entries, provide more info HW: Finish Timeline, C31 Qs, C31 Top Ten KTs, WHD p.828-9, More?
Friday February 3 – PD Day & Monday February 6 – Late Entry 5, 6, 7, 1 – No meetings
Tuesday February 7 – 45 mins CW: Review HW, wrap up C31, preview C32 – discuss next two days HW: 2-col notes p.851, Read p.852-863 (stop at The New Feminism)
Thursday February 9 – Mr. Beaton CW: Review HW in small groups, PPC p.854-5, Map analysis p.858, Opinions on the melting pot v. cultural pluralism notions, begin HW HW: Read p.863-869 (stop at Nixon, Kissinger, and the War)
Friday February 10 CW: Posters – different perceptions of women, different versions of feminism, roles of women across time periods – starting with the ‘60s HW: Read p.869-882
Tuesday February 14 – Lunch Block CW: Review HW, Finish WHD from Vietnam War p.836-7 (C31), WHD p.878-9, C32 Top Ten KTs, start C32 Qs HW: Finish CW, Wrap up V-War timeline - summarize & analyze, Evaluate Nixon’s presidency
Wednesday February 15 – 45 mins CW: Cold War foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War HW: Finish CW & Tuesday's work, 2-col notes p.885
Thursday February 16 – 45 mins CW: Review HW, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan videos HW: Read p.886-907, C33 Qs, C33 Top Ten KTs, Presidency chart – JFK to Clinton – what categories?
Friday February 17 – No meeting & February Vacation Sat 2/17 – Sun 2/26
Monday February 27 CW: Review C33 work, Combine presidency charts into group posters HW: (Unit V Primary Source Analysis - canceled) Edit/enhance C Qs for Cs 32 & 33, Finish mini-posters on American women (1960s, etc), do online MC Qs C30-33?
Tuesday February 28 CW: Review HW, Review of Presidencies, Unit Review - Topic Outline (Unit V Image Analysis - canceled) HW: Study for Unit V Test - use Topic Outline, online MC Qs Cs 30-33
Wednesday February 29 CW: Unit V Review HW: Study for Unit V Test
Thursday March 1 - Lunch Block CW: Unit V Test, Unit VI previewing HW: TBD
Period 4
Mr. Max – AP US History – 2012-12 - Unit V Syllabus – Chapters 30-33 – Topics 24-28 Major Topics: the 1950s, The Cold War continues, The Civil Rights Mov’t, Political Crisis, The Reagan Years
Tuesday January 24 – 45 mins HW due: 2-col notes p.789, Read p.790-798 (stop at People of Plenty) CW: Return midterms, Review HW, Preview rest of C30 and Cs31-33 HW: Read p.798-809 (stop at The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement)
Thursday January 26 – Lunch Block CW: Review HW, Define Pop Culture & discuss today’s, PPC p.804-5 & look up other important TV shows, etc. Comparisons to today & research on today’s key aspects – Pop Culture of the 21st Century HW: Read p.809-813 (stop at Eisenhower, Dulles, and The Cold War)
Friday January 27 CW: Review HW – birth of the Civil Rights Mov’t, Civil Rights Mov’t research and previewing HW: Read p.813-817, C30 Top Ten KTs
Tuesday January 31 – Lunch Block CW: Review HW, Type up all Vietnam War entries from p.820-1 timeline into notes, preview C31, add to timeline from p.850-1 timeline (start of C32), analyze this makeshift timeline to get a feel for the Vietnam War HW: Read p.822-832 (stop at “Flexible Response and the Cold War)
Wednesday February 1 – 45 mins CW: Review HW, JFK & LBJ videos, key characteristics & programs, similarities & differences HW: Read p.832-838 (stop at From Aid to Intervention), WHD p.836-7 (do not add your opinion yet)
Thursday February 2 – 45 mins CW: Review HW, Cold War/Vietnam War video(s), V-War image & quote research HW: Read p.838-848, Add info to V-War Timeline, C31 Qs, C31 Top Ten KTs, WHD p.828-9
Fri Feb 3 – PD Day & Mon Feb 6 – Late Entry 5, 6, 7, 1 & Tues Feb 7 – Day 5 – No meetings
Wednesday February 8 CW: Review HW, wrap up C31, preview C32 – discuss tomorrow HW: 2-col notes p.851, Read p.852-863 (stop at The New Feminism)
Thursday February 9 – Mr. Beaton CW: Review HW in small groups, PPC p.854-5, Map analysis p.858, Opinions on the melting pot v. cultural pluralism notions, begin HW HW: Read p.863-869 (stop at Nixon, Kissinger, and the War)
Friday February 10 CW: Posters – different perceptions of women, different versions of feminism, roles of women across time periods – starting with the ‘60s HW: Read p.869-882
Monday February 13 CW: Review HW, Wrap up V-War timeline, Summarize & analyze, Finish WHD from Vietnam War p.836-7 (C31), Cold War foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War? HW: C32 Top Ten KTs, WHD p.878-9, Evaluate Nixon’s presidency
Tuesday February 14 – 45 mins CW: Review V-War WHD, complete WHD p.878-9, begin C32 Qs HW: Finish C32 Qs
Wednesday February 15 – 45 mins CW: Review HW, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan videos HW: C32 Top Ten KTS, 2-col notes p.885, Read p.886-889 (stop at The Rise of the New American Right), PPC p.890-1
Friday February 17 CW: Review HW, videos cont. HW: Read p.889-907, C33 Qs, C33 Top Ten KTs, Presidency chart – JFK to Clinton – what categories?, Begin reviewing for Unit V Test
February Vacation – Sat 2/18-Sun 2/26
Monday February 27 – Lunch Block CW: Review C33 work, Discuss key concepts, Combine presidency charts into group posters, Presidential perspectives discussions HW: (Unit V Primary Source Analysis - canceled), Edit/enhance C Qs for Cs 31, 32 & 33, Prep for Test - online MC Qs?
Tuesday February 28 CW: Review HW, Unit V Review - Topic Outline, etc (Unit V Image Analysis - canceled) HW: Unit V Topic Outlining & Studying - online MC Qs
Wednesday February 29 – Lunch Block CW: Unit V Review HW: Study for Unit V Test
Thursday March 1 - 45 mins CW: Unit V Test
HW: TBD
Chapter 30 Questions
1)What were the most important economic, scientific, and technological changes of the 1950s and 60s? What were the results of these changes?
2)Identify and analyze the key social changes of the 1950s and 60s.
3) To what extent was America two different societies in the 1950s and 60s?
4) To what extent should we call Dwight Eisenhower a centrist?
5) In what ways did the Cold War manifest itself in Vietnam, Israel, Egypt, Cuba, Hungary, and the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower years?
Chapter 31 Questions
1) What were the key elements of JFK’s New Frontier and LBJ’s Great Society?
2) For what reasons and in what ways did the Civil Rights Movement change in the mid to late 1960s?
3) Describe the changing Cold War approaches under Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy.
4) Describe the national political landscape of the late 1960s, especially the election of 1968. Make sure to include the names Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace.
Vietnam War Quotes
Chapter 32 Questions
bullet or venn diagram - 1) Define the New Left and the counterculture. Describe the reasons for the rise of each and how they were related.
bullet - 2) In the 1960s, what efforts were being made by Native Americans and Hispanics to achieve greater civil rights? How successful were these efforts?
paragraph - 3) What is cultural pluralism and how did the Gay Liberation Movement expand on this notion?
paragraph - 4) To what extent were the “new feminism” and women’s liberation movement successful?
Chapter 33 Questions
1) What is Reaganomics? Did it work during the 1980s? Should it be followed today?
2) To what extent did President Ronald Reagan fulfill the promise of his landslide election victories and the expectations of all those who voted for him?
3) What were the key events of the end of the Cold War?
4) What were the keys to the presidential victories of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton?
Period 3
Mr. Max – AP US History – 2012-12 - Unit V Syllabus – Chapters 30-33 – Topics 24-28
Major Topics: the 1950s, The Cold War continues, The Civil Rights Mov’t, Political Crisis, The Reagan Years
Tuesday January 24 – 45 mins
HW due: 2-col notes p.789, Read p.790-798 (stop at People of Plenty)
CW: Return midterms, Review HW, Preview rest of C30 and Cs31-33
HW: Read p.798-807 (stop at The “Other America”)
Wednesday January 25 – 45 mins
CW: Review HW, PPC p.804-5 & comparisons to today, discussion of Pop Culture in general
HW: Read p.807-812 (stop at Eisenhower Republicanism)
Thursday January 26
CW: Review HW, Civil Rights Movement research and previewing
HW: Read p.812-817, C30 Top Ten KTs
Friday January 27
CW: Review HW – esp. Eisenhower economic, political, foreign philosophies, begin C30 Qs
HW: Finish C30 Qs, 2-col notes p.821, Take all Vietnam War entries from p.820-1 timeline into notes (type this up, please)
Monday January 30
CW: Review HW, preview C31, add to timeline from p.850-1 timeline (start of C32), analyze this makeshift timeline to get a feel for the Vietnam War
HW: Read p.822-832 (stop at “Flexible Response and the Cold War)
Tuesday January 31
CW: Review HW, JFK & LBJ videos, key characteristics & programs, similarities & differences
HW: Read p.832-838 (stop at From Aid to Intervention), WHD p.836-7 (do not add your opinion yet)
Wednesday February 1 – Lunch Block
CW: Review HW, Cold War/Vietnam War video(s), V-War image & quote research
HW: Read p.838-848
Thursday February 2 – 45 mins
CW: Vietnam War Timeline work – add to entries, provide more info
HW: Finish Timeline, C31 Qs, C31 Top Ten KTs, WHD p.828-9, More?
Friday February 3 – PD Day & Monday February 6 – Late Entry 5, 6, 7, 1 – No meetings
Tuesday February 7 – 45 mins
CW: Review HW, wrap up C31, preview C32 – discuss next two days
HW: 2-col notes p.851, Read p.852-863 (stop at The New Feminism)
Thursday February 9 – Mr. Beaton
CW: Review HW in small groups, PPC p.854-5, Map analysis p.858, Opinions on the melting pot v. cultural pluralism notions, begin HW
HW: Read p.863-869 (stop at Nixon, Kissinger, and the War)
Friday February 10
CW: Posters – different perceptions of women, different versions of feminism, roles of women across time periods – starting with the ‘60s
HW: Read p.869-882
Tuesday February 14 – Lunch Block
CW: Review HW, Finish WHD from Vietnam War p.836-7 (C31), WHD p.878-9, C32 Top Ten KTs, start C32 Qs
HW: Finish CW, Wrap up V-War timeline - summarize & analyze, Evaluate Nixon’s presidency
Wednesday February 15 – 45 mins
CW: Cold War foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War
HW: Finish CW & Tuesday's work, 2-col notes p.885
Thursday February 16 – 45 mins
CW: Review HW, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan videos
HW: Read p.886-907, C33 Qs, C33 Top Ten KTs, Presidency chart – JFK to Clinton – what categories?
Friday February 17 – No meeting & February Vacation Sat 2/17 – Sun 2/26
Monday February 27
CW: Review C33 work, Combine presidency charts into group posters
HW: (Unit V Primary Source Analysis - canceled) Edit/enhance C Qs for Cs 32 & 33, Finish mini-posters on American women (1960s, etc), do online MC Qs C30-33?
Tuesday February 28
CW: Review HW, Review of Presidencies, Unit Review - Topic Outline (Unit V Image Analysis - canceled)
HW: Study for Unit V Test - use Topic Outline, online MC Qs Cs 30-33
Wednesday February 29
CW: Unit V Review
HW: Study for Unit V Test
Thursday March 1 - Lunch Block
CW: Unit V Test, Unit VI previewing
HW: TBD
Period 4
Mr. Max – AP US History – 2012-12 - Unit V Syllabus – Chapters 30-33 – Topics 24-28
Major Topics: the 1950s, The Cold War continues, The Civil Rights Mov’t, Political Crisis, The Reagan Years
Tuesday January 24 – 45 mins
HW due: 2-col notes p.789, Read p.790-798 (stop at People of Plenty)
CW: Return midterms, Review HW, Preview rest of C30 and Cs31-33
HW: Read p.798-809 (stop at The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement)
Thursday January 26 – Lunch Block
CW: Review HW, Define Pop Culture & discuss today’s, PPC p.804-5 & look up other important TV shows, etc. Comparisons to today & research on today’s key aspects – Pop Culture of the 21st Century
HW: Read p.809-813 (stop at Eisenhower, Dulles, and The Cold War)
Friday January 27
CW: Review HW – birth of the Civil Rights Mov’t, Civil Rights Mov’t research and previewing
HW: Read p.813-817, C30 Top Ten KTs
Monday January 30
CW: Review HW – esp. Eisenhower economic, political, foreign philosophies, begin C30 Qs
HW: Finish C30 Qs, 2-col notes p.821
Tuesday January 31 – Lunch Block
CW: Review HW, Type up all Vietnam War entries from p.820-1 timeline into notes, preview C31, add to timeline from p.850-1 timeline (start of C32), analyze this makeshift timeline to get a feel for the Vietnam War
HW: Read p.822-832 (stop at “Flexible Response and the Cold War)
Wednesday February 1 – 45 mins
CW: Review HW, JFK & LBJ videos, key characteristics & programs, similarities & differences
HW: Read p.832-838 (stop at From Aid to Intervention), WHD p.836-7 (do not add your opinion yet)
Thursday February 2 – 45 mins
CW: Review HW, Cold War/Vietnam War video(s), V-War image & quote research
HW: Read p.838-848, Add info to V-War Timeline, C31 Qs, C31 Top Ten KTs, WHD p.828-9
Fri Feb 3 – PD Day & Mon Feb 6 – Late Entry 5, 6, 7, 1 & Tues Feb 7 – Day 5 – No meetings
Wednesday February 8
CW: Review HW, wrap up C31, preview C32 – discuss tomorrow
HW: 2-col notes p.851, Read p.852-863 (stop at The New Feminism)
Thursday February 9 – Mr. Beaton
CW: Review HW in small groups, PPC p.854-5, Map analysis p.858, Opinions on the melting pot v. cultural pluralism notions, begin HW
HW: Read p.863-869 (stop at Nixon, Kissinger, and the War)
Friday February 10
CW: Posters – different perceptions of women, different versions of feminism, roles of women across time periods – starting with the ‘60s
HW: Read p.869-882
Monday February 13
CW: Review HW, Wrap up V-War timeline, Summarize & analyze, Finish WHD from Vietnam War p.836-7 (C31), Cold War foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War?
HW: C32 Top Ten KTs, WHD p.878-9, Evaluate Nixon’s presidency
Tuesday February 14 – 45 mins
CW: Review V-War WHD, complete WHD p.878-9, begin C32 Qs
HW: Finish C32 Qs
Wednesday February 15 – 45 mins
CW: Review HW, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan videos
HW: C32 Top Ten KTS, 2-col notes p.885, Read p.886-889 (stop at The Rise of the New American Right), PPC p.890-1
Friday February 17
CW: Review HW, videos cont.
HW: Read p.889-907, C33 Qs, C33 Top Ten KTs, Presidency chart – JFK to Clinton – what categories?, Begin reviewing for Unit V Test
February Vacation – Sat 2/18-Sun 2/26
Monday February 27 – Lunch Block
CW: Review C33 work, Discuss key concepts, Combine presidency charts into group posters, Presidential perspectives discussions
HW: (Unit V Primary Source Analysis - canceled), Edit/enhance C Qs for Cs 31, 32 & 33, Prep for Test - online MC Qs?
Tuesday February 28
CW: Review HW, Unit V Review - Topic Outline, etc (Unit V Image Analysis - canceled)
HW: Unit V Topic Outlining & Studying - online MC Qs
Wednesday February 29 – Lunch Block
CW: Unit V Review
HW: Study for Unit V Test
Thursday March 1 - 45 mins
CW: Unit V Test
HW: TBD